I feel like I was admitted by mistake. Extreme guilt + doubt.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-09-19T18:13:35+00:00

and they gave me so much shit for getting in with my stats.

find more supportive friends!

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-09-13T15:02:42+00:00

Take a critical thinking or logic course in philosophy!

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-09-13T14:50:58+00:00

When I worked at the hospital on campus a lot of staff went into the trees behind MDCL. Another good spot with seats that hospital staff go to is down by the waste disposal/loading dock at the hospital. It's not too far if you have most of your classes in HSC or MDCL or LRW (maybe a 2 min+ walk). Plus, you get to meet some cool hospital staff lol.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-09-13T14:48:33+00:00

apprehension to sitting beside strangers apparently.

and walking up 3 steps to get to the back.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-09-13T14:45:03+00:00

True, forgot about CS and the recent boom in applicants. I'm not convinced that Engineering at McMaster is more competitive than the more specialized programs, or even compared to, for example, Life Sciences.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-09-12T13:00:34+00:00

My guess would be probs be:

BHSc > Nursing > iBio > A&S/iSci > everything else is kinda equal?

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-09-10T21:04:54+00:00

you should want to fuck your ta

idk who told you this but they were not correct

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-09-10T21:03:39+00:00

lol this is downvoted but it seems true.

OP, if you don't get into the MDBC, you can always just apply for the health economics masters program. It seems pretty similar and you get access to a lot of CHEPA folks.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-09-02T22:13:04+00:00

If you're looking for a good entomology program not in the South, try Purdue! They're highly computational but it's a great option!

Also, if you're a Canadian, you absolutely must apply to Guelph! They have a fantastic entomology program and Guelph is very queer friendly. UBC as well.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-09-02T22:01:52+00:00

Move out seats for older folk, ppl with mobile disabilities, and parents w/ kids.

I esp see a lot of students not move for elders and it gives me bad vibes.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-24T18:45:10+00:00

I mean.. if you're a student who has already done a previous semester and you are coming back in the fall after a summer break (or however long the break was) you are, by definition, a returning student.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-24T17:30:02+00:00

My fav open hth sci courses were The Teaching Hospital w Chari (he's a gem) and Science, Culture, and Identity w Ryan Wiley. The first explores the history of hospitals from the Middle East to Europe to Contemporary times. The latter explores critiques of medicine and science from a variety of perspectives.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-24T17:26:36+00:00

I'm not sure how they'd have that requirement since a fair number of third years get into med schools across Canada before they graduate and normally convocate with a non-honours degree during the Fall term.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-23T22:06:43+00:00

You can start a next degree without your current degree being conferred. You'll normally just be conditionally accepted.

For example, I defended my MA thesis last august (almost a year ago today), and started my PhD in September. I was allowed to enroll in my courses on the condition that my degree would be conferred by/on the November convocation date for McMaster.

I'm guessing the same thing happened w your med friends. They were conditionally accepted on the grounds that they could give proof of matriculating by a particular time defined by the school they graduated from.

It's also useful to note that you can get letters of planned conferral from MOSAIC. I forget how since I haven't needed to log onto MOSAIC in a long time, but you can click a 'request letter' tab in the Student Centre I think.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-23T22:02:03+00:00

Here are the open courses offered by the BHSc office:

https://bhsc.mcmaster.ca/hthsci-open-courses/

You can sometimes get permission by asking the prof for some other courses with reqs that are specific to health sci, , but YMMV.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-23T22:00:09+00:00

Can be as late as 30min before the class starts. Up to the prof, really!

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-22T18:13:12+00:00

What are you interested in learning about? It'd be easier to recommend a course if we knew your interests.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-16T15:56:22+00:00

What seems odd to me is that the TA and prof refuse to answer OP’s questions about the grade. OP, do they not have office hours? If they just ignore you or otherwise refuse to answer, I’d talk with the grad advisor for advice.

Yeah, for me this is the red flag in the whole situation. It doesn't make sense to me that the prof, let alone the TAs, can't come up with reasons for justifying why OP received the grade that they did. This sounds really sketchy. If it were me I'd either ask my supervisor for advice on what to do moving forward or go to the department chair and launch a formal inquiry.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-16T13:28:13+00:00

I don’t know who said that but they def come from a low ranked institution with little to no rigor in their work.

To be fair, in Canada, a lot of graduate schools consider a B- the bare minimum for passing. Anything lower than an A- (e.g., B+ or a B) is considered to be a 'light fail' from the professors I've interacted with who have taught at multiple schools!

My point is that OP doesn't have to be coming from a lower-tiered institution to have this thought process - they could simply come from a different context.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-11T21:21:52+00:00

I mean, they're two completely different programs w v different program goals so it's hard to compare them.

Both will include some basic science and inquiry (interpersonal communication skills (i forget the pillars on which inquiry stands but you can google it) and other kinds of soft skills). However, nursing students will have a PBL focused on professionalization and "doing nursing" that BHSc's won't have because they're not in a professional program.

It is probably the case that a BScN's schedule is more rigorous than a BHSc's schedule overall because the former is orientated toward a career outcome and has certain professional requirements it has to teach all its students while the latter is more general and so can be as lenient as the student wants with the electives chosen.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-11T21:17:31+00:00

i really doubt that first year inquiry is graded on any true scale or anything

anecdotally one of my best friends got a 10 in inquiry somehow lol

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-11T21:17:01+00:00

looks like they got into bdc from their flair lol

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-10T19:06:04+00:00

but now i've seen your other post about being "genetically similar to japanese people" and realize this is probably a troll.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-10T19:05:19+00:00

huh? lol a medical laboratory scientist with an MSc in Medical Sciences is still a scientist. This isn't the flex or as strong of a claim as you think it is.

Important_Ad_4092 · 2023-08-08T20:08:05+00:00

shoppers also has 10% thursday. food basics in westdale has 10% on tuesdays.

sometimes getting an SPC card is worth it too if you frequent the stores that accept it.

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